Deobandi

Deobandi is an Islamic movement founded in 1867 in South Asia following the failure of the Sepoy Rebellion ten years earlier, originating in Wahhabism. It developed in reaction to British colonialism, and the group founded the Darul Uloom Deoband, an Islamic revivalist and anti-imperialist school in Deoband, India; today, 20% of Indian Muslims and between 15% and 20% of Pakistani Muslims are Deobandi. The Deobandis saw British colonialism to be corrupting Islam, and thousands of madaaris were opened across the world by Deobandis. During the 1970s, Deobandis opened the first British-based Muslim religious seminaries, educating imams and religious scholars. By 2007, about 600 of Britain's 1,500 mosques were under the control of a hardline sect, calling on Muslims to shed blood for Allah and preaching contempt for Christians, Jews, and Hindus. By 2014, 45% of Britain's mosques and nearly all of the UK-based training of Islamic scholars were controlled by the Deobandi movement. The Lashkar-e-Jhangvi,  Taliban, Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, and Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan militant groups follow the Deobandi ideology.